More Cronkite

Walter Cronkite was celebrated, but not for his more significant moments, such as his remarks about the mess in Vietnam, while Tim Russert was celebrated for being what the current journalistic mob, particularly in the Beltway, do, which is not journalism.

To be fair, though, Russert's premature death was a horrible shock to everybody, and he appeared to be a genuinely good person, a contrast to the hatchet man persona he displayed on Meet the Press. Cronkite lived to a ripe old age and was active until shortly before he died. And one should bear in mind Russert, unlike Cronkite, was NOT a journalist anyway; he started out as a political hack. The fact political operatives like him, George Stephanopolous, Chris Matthews, and Joe Scarborough are even given a forum at all when true journalists are ignored should tell us all how far media standards have fallen. It's now all about infotainment, not about information.
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No sooner is Cronkite's body cold than somebody is wanting to cash in writing a "tell-all" book writing about how mean he was and was never around his children.